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Geoff Johnson: Four-day school week comes down to child care

Geoff Johnson: Four-day school week comes down to child care

Any move to a four-day school week has to consider child care’s role in the economy
Our Community: Cathedral School building turns 100, reconciliation mosaic

Our Community: Cathedral School building turns 100, reconciliation mosaic

See what’s on in our community this week
Geoff Johnson: Online posts can return to haunt youths seeking jobs, college placement

Geoff Johnson: Online posts can return to haunt youths seeking jobs, college placement

The message from universities to students caught posting racist or violent sentiments online has been uncompromising: You are no longer welcome
Our Community: Run and walk raises cash for those struggling with infertility, loss

Our Community: Run and walk raises cash for those struggling with infertility, loss

Tree appreciation; garage sale; Young Builders Network; Culture Days
Raptor love: Getting up close and personal with birds of prey

Raptor love: Getting up close and personal with birds of prey

The Raptors, an educational and tourism facility on an 11-acre spread north of Duncan, is marking its 20th year in operation
Charla Huber: Young Indigenous entrepreneurs are on the rise

Charla Huber: Young Indigenous entrepreneurs are on the rise

Jumping into entrepreneurship can be scary and there is uncertainty. It also builds confidence, skills, strength and courage
Trevor Hancock: If we want energy for all, we need to stop wasting it

Trevor Hancock: If we want energy for all, we need to stop wasting it

A 2018 study found global energy demand by 2050 could be 40 per cent lower than now if all known energy efficiencies were implemented
Trevor Hancock: We need to change the way we farm — and eat

Trevor Hancock: We need to change the way we farm — and eat

A more plant-based, low-meat diet has many health and ecological benefits, including requiring less land per person, so it can be farmed more sustainably.
Community: Feel Free opens art world to wider audience

Community: Feel Free opens art world to wider audience

Fuel Good Day; United Way; Chinese banquet
Heritage Acres showcases industrial and farm equipment saved from scrap heap

Heritage Acres showcases industrial and farm equipment saved from scrap heap

The 30-acre site, which is marking its 50th year of operation, is packed with more than 30,000 artifacts in a collection of buildings next to the Pat Bay Highway
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